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Writing to the sysctl of a sched_domain->flags directly updates the value of the field, and goes nowhere near update_top_cache_domain(). This means that the cached domain pointers can end up containing stale data (e.g. the domain pointed to doesn't have the relevant flag set anymore). Explicit domain walks that check for flags will be affected by the write, but this won't be in sync with the cached pointers which will still point to the domains that were cached at the last sched_domain build. In other words, writing to this interface is playing a dangerous game. It could be made to trigger an update of the cached sched_domain pointers when written to, but this does not seem to be worth the trouble. Make it read-only. Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200415210512.805-3-valentin.schneider@arm.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.